-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 TheOldFellow wrote: > On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 01:38:01 -0700 > "J. Greenlees" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > <snip> >> on a major positive note, the lfs livecd is the only current distro to >> actually run correctly on this ancient beast. knoppix and gnoppix both >> won't even boot, slak, debian will boot but won't install. >> suse locks up during boot, and is the only other distro to recognize >> the wireless nic. an old [ 1998 ] release of Mandrake is the newest >> distro to successfully boot and install, though I did also get a copy >> of corel linux 1.2 to install. neither of the last recognize the >> wireless card, since it's newer than they are. > > Even the Linux distros are now selling hardware. As Bill said once > 128K is enough memory for anyone.
he said 640k, the cpu memory, if I remember right. > > Then you get the OpenOrifice, GROAN, or KDE bloatware. Once you get it > built, an old P3 is fine for most things without tinsel. > > R. go for something really lightweight, like.. bash :D I'll have to ask Chad for those guis he has been looking at, he has found a couple that make XFCE look like bloatware. his personal favorite doesn't even have mouse support by default, and the executable is under 5 MB. [ rebuild your gui to change configuration may not be for everyone though. ] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG1/IoylMakk+oQ1oRArw8AJ9GJVX0IRBStqikqirekDmf/F9EfgCglOot hYpbjWiJjphA/xWJuHEHj4w= =0Ade -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
